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A. l. FHUEH.

FIGURE TOY.

APPLICATION FILED Dsc.22. 1916.

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45 been selected merely for descriptive pur- ALFRED J. ERUEH, or'NEw YORK, 1v. Y.

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Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patent-ea sept. s, rois.

Application filed December 22,1916. Serial No. 138,350.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. FRUEH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Figure Toys, of which the` followingis a specification My invention relates to toys and hasffor its object to provide atoy capable of being rocked or otherwise set in motion and comprising a plurality of components combined to form one character-human or animalor one scene, or .groups of such characters and of such scenes, or a combination of both. A further object of my invention is to construct the toy in such a manner that one or more components thereof will be ca# pable of ay movement relatively to the other parts ofthe toy as the latter is set in motion, whereby various effectsV are produced 4in the group, scene, or the like, represented by the toy. A still further' object of my improvement is to arrange the various components or parts of such components in such relation to each other as to produce life-like and natural groups, scenes, or combinations of both in" the form of a toy. My improvementv willr be'` fully .described hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an eXampleof my improvement, Figure 1 is a frontj elevation of the toy; Figj2 is a vertical section. on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of saidtoy. L The illustrated example shows the toy constructed to represent charac'zters` andele.- ments set forthv in the well known nursery rhyme commonly known as Sing a Song of Six Pence, and .depicts the sceneat the moment the pie was opened and the birds began to sing.4 It will, of course', be understood that this specific arrangement has poses Vand that other nursery rhymes, other topics or the like maybe utilized as a basis of construction. f

As shown' in the drawings the toy comprises a base 5 (Figk2) having a curved surface 6 upon which' it may oscillateor rock,'motion being imparted either manually or, if continuousmovement is desired,

for instance when the device is used for disn of black y birds.

playor advertising purposes, by means of suitable mechanism.v One component of the toy ma'y be-attached to one of the upright surfaces of the base 5 and in the example comprises aV flat section 7 continued upwardlybeyond said base as indicated at 8, the lprojecting flat portion being fashioned to represent the broken crust of a pie and a plurality of singing black birds 9 breaking 1 therethrough. The illustrated toy further lincludes flat members 10 pivoted at 11 uponthe inside surface of the projecting port-ion 8 and extending above the same, the members 10 in the present `case being fashioned to representv the heads and necks At their lower ends the said members are preferably weighted either by means of weights 12 attached thereto or in `any other way to always return said members 10 to an upright Yposition or the position occupiedwhen the toy is at rest. With this arrangement the members 10 simulate singing. birds breaking through the pie crust 'and capable of a pivotal movement on the pivots 11 relatively to the projecting portion 8 as the toy is set in motion.

The toy in the illustrated example includes, in addition another flat section 13 which may be attached to the `rear `face of the base 5 and project upwardly beyond the same in the form of a iat extension 14 as shown in Fig. 2. This eXtensionl4 in the present instance is fashioned to represent the body and raised arms `and hands of a human` figure, supposed .to bethe king in the nursery rhyme hereinbefore referred to.

Still `anotherflat section 15 is attached to the front surface of the extension 14 atits upper portion and inthe present case is `fashioned to represent the head of the human body 14 with a crown thereon. The

'head section 15 is provided with eye sockets 16 extending transversely therethrough -and located 'in registry with an aperture 17 formed in the extension 14 and which forms therewith a recess as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In the illustrated example two disks 18 are located in the recess 17 and they are independently movable therein or in other words are capable of rolling in said recess independently of each other in registry with the eye sockets 16. Each disk 18 has an eye :19 produced on the surface which is adja* cent tothe section 15, which eyes 19 are visible through the sockets 16 as shown in Fig.

1. Any means may be used for maintaining the disks 1S in the recess 17 as for instance a strip of material 2O extendinglo-ngitudinally across said recess and secured in position for instance by nails or the like 21: as shown in Fig. 3. It desired a stop 22 may be located in the recess 17 at an inter- Y mediate point as illustrated in Fig. 3, for the purpose of arresting the movement of each disk in one direction, the movements in the opposite directions being stopped by the end walls of the recess. V

lilith the arrangement described it will be seen that different components of the toy are located indifferent vertical planes extending parallel to the plane in which the toy rocks, as may be seen from Fig. 2, whereby the group or the scene is represented by the toy i-nan extremely natural manner. For instance the toy as illustrated Very graphically and naturally represents the opened pie from which the black birds extend in an attitude of singing in front of theking, who looks down upon the pie with his hands andarms thrown upwardly man attitude Vof surprise. As the toy is set in 'motion` the "disks L18-roll to and fro sidewise in the recess 17, thus causing the ,f eyes19 to change their positions relatively to the sockets 16I and to produce many curious and amusing ell'ects. At the same time the members 10 are independently Voscillated upon` 'their pivots 11 under the Vinfluence of theV moving or rocking of the whole toy whereby life-like movements are imparted to' the birds represente-d by these members 10, which movements add tof the graphic effects of the scene.

`It will, of course, be understood that instead of being separate elements secured inV position, `the projecting portion 8 and extension 14 maybe formed as integral parts, of. the base 5 by suitably fashioning the` latter as will be readily apparent, the relative location in either ease being the saine. lf the elements reiierred to areconstructed as `inthe illustrated example the lower edges of the sections 7 and 18 are curved to register with, or to be parallel to,

.the curvedsurit'ace 6 of the base 5. It wil-l also be obvious that the components oit the toy may be carried -by` the Ybase in other relations-than as shown and that said coniponents 'may project upwardly therefrom otherwise than from opposite surfaces The toy need also not be a rockin-g toy 'but may be constructed to partake oi' other motions whereby the movableparts are given relative movements to produce the desired etfects. It will further be apparentnithe toy includes the representation of ahuinan being that theposition or action of the latter in the scene may predetermme forinstance the nuimbe'r4 ot eyevdisks ifi-which' arefnecessary9 that is, a figure represented, for instance,

in side view or in a front view, but working or closing one eye, may need only a -single disk and a single, eye socket 16.

My improved toys are extremely simple in construction and present very realistic elteets and may be utilized for amusement, tor'educational or for display purposes.- Y

Various changes in the speciiic term shown and" described may be made within the scope ot' the claims without departing from the spirit o'finy invention.

I claim: Y

1. AV toy comprising a base having a curved surface upon which it may rock, a main element representing la `living thing extending upwardly` therefrom and pro vided with an eye socket and with a recess extending across and in registry therewith, a disk having the representation of an eye thereon movable in said recess in registry with said socket, and auxiliary elements forming components of the group or scene of which the toy is a representation, said auxiliary elements j including movable devicesand .being arranged in proper correlation to said main` element to. complete the group or scene. i Y t 2. A toy comprising a base having a curved surface uponswhich it may rock, a mainelement extending upwardly from said base in a vertical plane parallel with the plane in which` said base may rock, said main element representing the body of a human beingand being provided `with a recess,- a headfsection secured in surface engagement with the upper portion oi'ysaid main. elem-ent and located in" an adjacent vertical plane parallel to theY rst plane, saidH head section being formed with eye sockets in registry gwith said recess, alpair et4 eye disks adapted to roll in said recess, independently oi'A each other and in registry with. said"` eye sockets, means for maintaining said disks in. said recess,an auxiliary 'element located in agvertical plane ditlerent previously mentioned. planes. v Y i 31 Aftoy compris-ing base having a curved surface upon4 which 1t may rock, a

lnaa-in el ement, extending. upwardly from said base inA a `vertical` plane parallel with the ,pl-ane in which said base may rock, said ymam element representing the. body ot a human beingandbeing provided with a recess, a head section securedin surface enroo `plane.,different from andiparallel with the gagementYl,with` theupper portion of said Amain element and located in an adjacent plane-parallel to the' first plane, said head section being formed with eye'sockets in registry with said recessagpai r of eye disks 4.adapted toiroll 1n said recess, .independently i.

of each other and in registry with said eye reo sockets, means for maintaining said disks in said recess, and an element located in a vertical plane different from and parallel with the previously mentioned planes and movable relatively to said main element.

4. A toy comprising a base arranged to be set in motion, a main element representing a living thing extending upwardly from said base and including movable parts adapted to be set in motion as a result of the motion of said base, and auxiliary elements forming components of the group or scene of which the toy is a representation, and arranged in proper correlation to said main element to complete the group or scene, said auxiliary elements including movable devices arranged to be set in motion as a result of the motion of said base and concurrently 'With the movable parts of said main element.

5. The combination of a movable member representing a living thing having eye sockets and a plurality of disks each having the representation of an eye thereon and arranged to roll independently of each other transversely to the axis of and in registry With said sockets as said member is moved.

6. A toy comprising a base capable of being set in motion, a representation of a living thing carried by said base and provided With eye sockets and with a recess in registry therewith and a pair of disks each having the representation of an eye thereon, said disks being movable independently of each other in said recess in registry With said sockets When the' toy is in motion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ALFRED J. FRUEH.

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